New “baby” for Eugen

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by Eugen

...he was unable to find anything as I read your description. Is the mark on the frame and under the grip?

Oops, some of the KGP68As have them, but most do not seem to. If there, it would be in the same area as the circled Erma stamp on yours. It is on only 1 in 4 of this model in my collection. None of my 5 KGP69s has this proof, but all my earlier series (La, Ep, Et.22) have them. I know that the KGP serial number range began at around 100k, so yours is a relatively early example. Holger's book may enable you to dial it in much closer. But whatever the case, it would definitely have been made no earlier than 1968, the year that designates the model.

Originally it was just KGP-68, without the "A" suffix to the model name. I believe the KGP-68 production remained in Europe. KGP-68A model was imported to the U.S., and according to the 1968 regulations here, it has a magazine safety, as you've probably noticed, so the gun will not fire without a mag in place. The action cannot be flexed with the gun on safe, either. It will come back a tad, but no further.